Ellen Coulter

"You are exactly like your mother." That's one of the distressing letters Romany Wake says she's received from her jailed father, as she urges prison services to do better to stop the communication.

The Tasmanian Liberal government's leader in the upper house is facing accusations she has breached party rules by actively supporting her son — an independent candidate — to replace her.

Premier Jeremy Rockliff has spoken for the first time since a report by an independent economist found the Hobart stadium's construction timeline was unrealistic and costs "significantly understated".

After workers dug up two skeletons at a Hobart school's hockey field it was believed there would likely be more, with the location being an old graveyard. But the scale of what the archaeological team found was staggering — and the job of putting names to the many bones was "like a giant puzzle".

Adam Quarrell says being an NDIS participant is like "being in an abusive relationship". He's fighting to have funding restored in his care plan for catheters, without which he says he will die.

Spelling mistakes and incorrect questions have been identified in several year 11 and 12 exams in Tasmania. One concerned parent says it left her son "rattled". 

Tasmania has the worst prevalence of tooth loss out of any state, but children are being denied or delayed free Medicare-funded check-ups because of a shortage of dentists.

The numbers are eye-wateringly large, with some economists worried the financial burden will be too great, but here's how those pushing for Hobart's new stadium say it stacks up.

Two systems, one huge problem. In this state, more than any other children are being failed by a dual purpose education system that seems to suit no one.          

Tasmanian mother Erin McGinn says there weren't enough midwives at the Royal Hobart Hospital to help her when she needed it after giving birth to her daughter, Amelia. Then later was forced to change to formula feeding.